SBIR-STTR Award

Mobile Robots for Large Aircraft Maintenance
Award last edited on: 2/18/23

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$2,277,170
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF203-CSO3
Principal Investigator
William Wilder

Company Information

Wilder Systems LLC (AKA: Wilder Systems Inc)

413 Tillery Street
Austin, TX 78702
   (713) 825-7348
   info@wsrobots.com
   www.wsrobots.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 35
County: Travis

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-21-P-0572
Start Date: 3/8/21    Completed: 6/8/21
Phase I year
2021
Phase I Amount
$49,031
The Air Force spends $12 billion annually on organic and commercial depot-level maintenance, $1 billion of which is defastening skins in preparation for replacement. The current process for skin defastening is extremely labor- intensive, tying up multiple...

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8684-21-C-B019
Start Date: 8/26/21    Completed: 2/28/23
Phase II year
2021
Phase II Amount
$2,228,139
All info is contained in Vol II. Aircraft mission capable rates have been in decline for the USAF since 2012 which is disrupting the USAF’s ability to effectively fight, fly, and win in the air. A major cause of the suboptimal mission capable rates is aircraft being taken out of servic